Hi there

[Vrimj]

We moved to western virgina and got a place with a chicken coop.

Now that it is heading in to spring we are looking at cleaning out and getting chicks and feeling over our heads, so I am here looking for insight

 

[boskelli1571]

Hello & welcome!

Plenty of info to be had in the learning center and if you can't find the answer there, someone here will surely be able to help.

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC!

 

[Vrimj]

Where should I look for advice for what to plant in a run? Ours is overgown and needs new ground cover?

 

[roostersandhens]

 

[Kelsie2290]

Hello and Welcome To BYC! Might try posting in the Coop/Run forum for what to do in the run, chickens are pretty darn destructive and unless it is really big, usually the main run winds up being dirt or sand. https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/9/coop-run-design-construction-maintenance There are a couple of articles in the Feeding your chickens section of the Learning Center on what plants chickens eat or don't eat. https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/housing-and-feeding-your-chickens

 

[TwoCrows]

Kelsie has left you some good leads here. You can also check out our learning center here on BYC. Lots of good reads there pertaining to many aspects of chicken keeping...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/atype/1/Learning_Center

Great to have you aboard and enjoy BYC!

 

[gander007]

 

[crazyfeathers]

welcome, our run is divided into 3 large sections. We rotate the chickens when the run is getting run down, sandy, or bare. Chickens can turn a beautiful grassed area to dirt in a couple of days (depending on how large the sections are).

 

[drumstick diva]